From the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 2: Hispanic citizens sue government over raids ATLANTA — A civil rights group sued the federal government Wednesday on behalf of five Hispanic citizens who say they were detained and harassed by agents carrying out… Read moreLawsuit charges ICE racism, harassment
This is insidiously sinister—a step towards something akin to apartheid, two-tier citizenship. Not that we don’t already have that, of course, but this is close to legally acknowleding it and legitimizing it. From the New York Times Nov. 3, via… Read moreMedicaid denies infant care based on parents’ immigration status
From the BBC, Nov. 2: A new Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s 70m Muslims, has been announced. Colonel Muhammadu Sada Abubakar, 53, is the younger brother of Sultan Mohammadu Maccido, who was killed in a plane crash… Read moreNigeria’s Sokoto Caliphate gets new sultan
On Oct. 30, activists in Naples rallied at the local Mexican consulate in protest of the repression in Oaxaca, where Mexican President Vicente Fox has sent in a massive force of federal police. (Chiapas IMC) But Naples itself may soon… Read moreItalian army to occupy Naples?
Zapatista Subcommander Marcos and supporters joined arms to block traffic at the Stanton-Lerdo International Bridge over the Rio Grande for an hour in protest of the repression in Oaxaca Nov. 1. More than 100 cars were halted by the blockade… Read moreZapatistas block roads in Chiapas —and on US border
From India’s Daily News & Analysis (DNA), Nov. 2: LAHORE: The October 30 pre-dawn air strike on a religious seminary in the Bajaur Agency on the Pak-Afghan border was carried out by US predator drones to sabotage the signing of… Read morePakistan: did US drone attack kill tribal peace deal?
From Raw Story, Nov. 1, emphasis added: During an interview with conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, US President George Bush expressed deep concerns about the possibility of the United States leaving the Middle East, raising fears that extremists could topple governments… Read moreBush: It’s the oil, stupid!
From AP, Nov. 2: BAGHDAD – An Iraqi journalist who was kidnapped last month was found dead nearly two weeks after his abduction, a media advocacy group said Thursday. Khalil, who worked for several Iraqi daily newspapers, was abducted by… Read moreIraq: journalist found dead
From AP, Nov. 2: BAGHDAD – On a dangerous road north of Baghdad, Sunni militants took advantage of a traffic jam to carry off the latest in the series of sectarian crimes yesterday – abducting some 40 Shia based on… Read moreSectarian abductions in Iraq
Iran’s Holocaust cartoon contest was an atrocious and juvenile tit-for-tat for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s almost equally stupid and insensitive Mohammed cartoon contest. But the cartoon they finally chose as winner sounds like it was making a legitimate point. Israel… Read moreIran announces winner in Holocaust cartoon contest
In his first public appearance upon his arrival in Chihuahua City on his tour of northern Mexico, Subcommander Marcos announced the Zapatista rebels’ total support for the people of Oaxaca “and their most diginifed representative, the Popular People’s Assembly of… Read moreZapatistas mobilize for Oaxaca
From Milenio, Nov. 1: The police in civilian dress implicated in the murder of US photojrounalist Brad Will continue to be fugitives from justice. Although Gov. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz announced the detention of the presumed attackers of the journalist, in… Read moreOaxaca: where are Brad Will’s killers?
